Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: main‧tain
Verb
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Plain form (yanzu) |
3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) |
Past tense (ya wuce) |
Past participle (ya wuce) |
Present participle (ana cikin yi) |
- (transitive) If you maintain something, you keep it at the same level. <> ādànā, kulā̀ dà, riƙe abu da kulawa, yin iko da abu, tsarewa.
- They don't maintain the buildings properly
bā sā̀ ādànà gìne-gìnīn sṑsai - His throne extends over the skies and the earth, and maintaining them does not bother him.
Kursiyyunsa ya yalwaci sammai da ƙasa. kuma tsare su ba ya nauyayarsa. = Mulkin shi ya kewaye sammai da qasa, kuma iko da su bai taba yin nauyi gare shi ba. --Qur'an 2:255
- They don't maintain the buildings properly
- (transitive) If you maintain something, you say or write that it's a fact. <> naci, nacewa da ra'ayi.
- Ford maintains the cars are safe.
- They have all hired lawyers and all three maintain their innocence.
- (transitive) If you maintain a machine, you keep it working well and fix it when it breaks. <> gyārā̀ abu.
- There was lots of money to buy the machines, but no money was available to maintain them.
- maintain law and order <> kiyā̀yè dṑkā
- to spend on one's family